Pioneer Day

Pioneer Day is a great holiday--especially when you're at BYU--and one reason I love living in Utah. Ryan got the day off and then since the next day was Friday, he took that one off as well. So, we've had pretty much 3 Saturdays in a row, which has been a great opportunity to get a few projects crossed off our list.

Thursday morning, we headed over to our storage unit bright and early. I went through bins of baby clothes and emptied out those I don't like or we're not going to use anymore. Ryan went through other boxes to make sure we knew what was in them and cleaned out a few things we're not using anymore. We went through our camping supplies and got rid of duplicate items. We actually didn't get rid off too much, but it was enough to shrink down our piles of stuff. And, the reorganization effort made a huge difference. At least I feel ready to pack the stuff onto a moving truck in a few months and know it's not just junk we're transporting from place to place.

Thursday, we also finally installed our air conditioner. I was holding off on doing this because I hate not being able to open my front window and let the breeze in. Plus, our window looked so ghetto last year that I was not looking forward to having it look that way again. This year, however, we found transparent duct tape, (who knew it existed?), and Ryan managed to fit all the weather stripping in so it can hardly be seen. It looks 1000 times better than last year! (Definite props to my amazing husband!)

Friday, Ryan took Kallie out early to wash the car. (This is another bonus of living in Wymount--a free carwashing area, complete with hoses and vacuums.) As soon as they got back, we headed over to Seven Peaks, (waterpark), to break in our season passes. Kallie and Whitney LOVED playing in the water. Kallie really enjoyed the mini waterslides and Whitney enjoyed kicking back on her floatie ring in the wave pool. It was a great time! (Well, except for my sunburned head. I remembered to put sunscreen on the parts in the girls' hair, but not my own!) We completely wore them out and they took great naps as soon as we got home.

Today has been full of our normal Saturday activities...well, mostly. After taking a load to DI, we headed over to the grocery store where there was a Country Fair themed activity. Kallie and Whitney went to the petting zoo for a few minutes before we went in to the store. (Don't worry--we sanitized them before we picked up the groceries!) In a little while, we'll be heading over to our ward "Water Party" and then we plan to have a nice, relaxing evening before the craziness of Sunday hits.